Study for Venus and Adonis

Details

Duncan Grant (1885-1978)
Study for Venus and Adonis
pencil
8 x 13 in. (20.3 x 33 in.)
Executed circa 1919.

Provenance

A gift from the artist to the present owner's aunt and by descent.

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Please note this lot is unframed.

Lot Essay

The present work is a study for 'Venus and Adonis' held in the Tate Collection. Grant uses mythology and portrays Venus, the goddess of love, gazing after her departing lover, the huntsman Adonis.

We are grateful to Richard Shone for his help in cataloguing this lot.

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